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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 1) - REG 68

Protection of water supply

(1)     This regulation applies to a reservoir, dam or water channel of the Canberra water supply system (the Canberra water supply ).

(2)     A person must not bathe or wash in the Canberra water supply.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)     A person must not put anything into the Canberra water supply that is detrimental to the quality of the water.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4)     It is a defence to a prosecution under subregulation (3) for putting a thing into the Canberra water supply if the defendant establishes that the thing was put there in the course of the reasonable grazing or depasturing of animals.



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